RA PRESIDENT: OTTOMAN TURKEY AND ITS ASSIGNEES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
April 24 2006
YEREVAN, April 24. /ARKA/. Ottoman Turkey and its assignees are
responsible for Armenian Genocide in 1915, according to the message of
the RA President Robert Kocharyan regarding 91-year of commemoration
of Armenian Genocide throughout the world on April 24.
According to the Press Service of the RA President, Kocharyan appealed
to honour memory of victims of the Armenian Genocide, emphasizing that
all the posterior history of Armenian nation that suffered genocide
bared traces of that evil deed.
“Our sorrow and pain is all the bigger, since we have to struggle
for recognition and condemnation of this black page of the history”,
Kocharyan stated and emphasized that Armenia representing interests
of its citizens and Armenian Diaspora will continue this struggle.
Kocharyan also expressed gratitude to countries, organizations and
people, who support Armenian nation in its quest to achieve recognition
of the Genocide.
“Every year perception of the fact that it is a problem common to
all mankind and most effective way of preventing such crimes becomes
deeper and deeper”, he finds.
Kocharyan emphasized that, there is no vengeance implication in the
struggle of the Armenian nation. “We are looking into the future,
since strong state structure, prosperity and progress of Armenia must
become the best answer to denial of the Genocide”, he emphasized.
Armenian Genocide in 1915 – 1923 is considered to be the first
genocide of the XX century, organized and systematically conducted
by the government of Young Turks. In 1915, in Western Armenia, which
was part of Ottoman Empire, more than 1,5 mln Armenians were massacred.
The fact of genocide has been already recognized by many countries,
namely Uruguay (first in 1965 officially recognized the Armenian
Genocide), Russia, France, Argentina, Greece, Low Chamber of the
Italian Parliament, majority of states of the USA, Parliaments
of Greece, Cyprus, Argentina, Belgium, Wales, National Council of
Switzerland, Chamber of Communities of the Canadian Parliament and
Seim of Poland.